Lesson 3.2.4
3.2.4 Sources and origins Quiz: AQA Design & Technology, Unit 2
20 questions
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The 20 questions
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What is the main source of cellulose fibres used to make paper?
- Crude oil
- Wood and grasses
- Iron ore
- Sand
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What is the primary purpose of seasoning timber?
- Increasing material density
- Adding artificial colour
- Removing cellulose fibres
- Reducing moisture content
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Which process cuts logs into boards and other usable forms?
- Spinning
- Cracking
- Conversion
- Seasoning
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Which two processes are listed for obtaining metal based materials?
- Cracking and distillation
- Spinning and weaving
- Extraction and refining
- Seasoning and conversion
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Which process separates crude oil into useful fractions?
- Spinning of yarn
- Seasoning of timber
- Conversion by heating
- Fractional distillation
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What happens during the cracking process in polymer production?
- Breaking large molecules
- Extracting raw metals
- Weaving textile fibres
- Cooling crude oil
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Which process turns textile fibres into yarn?
- Spinning
- Extraction
- Seasoning
- Cracking
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What does a life cycle assessment examine for a material?
- Total environmental impact
- Ultimate tensile strength
- Electrical conductivity
- Retail market value
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A wool jumper's fibres come from sheep. Which source category is this?
- Chemical
- Animal
- Mineral
- Vegetable
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Nylon yarn is produced from petrochemicals. Which source category does it belong to?
- Mineral
- Chemical
- Vegetable
- Animal
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Cotton fibre comes from the cotton plant. Which source category is this?
- Animal
- Mineral
- Vegetable
- Chemical
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A timber board is cut from a log and then left to dry before use. Which two processes are these?
- Extraction and refining
- Spinning and weaving
- Conversion and seasoning
- Cracking and distillation
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What benefit is gained when a plastic bottle is recycled back into raw material?
- Increased oil extraction
- Reduced virgin resource demand
- Faster fractional distillation
- Higher polymer density
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Metal is obtained from ore. Which process comes first in producing a usable metal?
- Extraction
- Fractional distillation
- Spinning
- Seasoning
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Which evaluation tool tracks environmental impact from raw material to disposal?
- Fractional distillation
- Timber seasoning kiln
- Tensile stress test
- Life cycle assessment
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Which process is applied to polymers but not to timber?
- Conversion
- Cracking
- Seasoning
- Spinning
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A log yields 40 per cent usable boards. How many kilograms of usable boards come from 500 kg of log?
- 50 kg
- 200 kg
- 400 kg
- 125 kg
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Which processing step turns prepared fibres into yarn before weaving?
- Seasoning
- Conversion
- Spinning
- Extraction
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Metal based materials are obtained from which source?
- Ore
- Cellulose
- Cotton
- Wool
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Why is crude oil refined before being used to manufacture polymers?
- Separating into fractions
- Removing all moisture
- Adding carbon fibres
- Increasing material toxicity
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